INNER STRUGGLES

TEXT ROMANS 7:15-24

INTRODUCTION: M any Christians have big problems with their bodies. What they do not want to do is what they keep doing and what they would have loved to do they just fail to do.Rom7:19.


v How is this problem to be solved?

v How do we deal with this problem of the flesh?

There is no good thing in the flesh. All that it wants to do is sin, yet, the wages of sin is death and anyone who cooperates with the flesh will reap the fruits of corruption i.e.cuses, sorrows and problems. Rom7:18-25, Rom8:8-13, Rom6:23, Gal6:8, James1:15.


The flesh is therefore your enemy.


What must I do to deal with the flesh?


Say “no” the demands of the flesh Gal5:16.
Mortify the flesh Col 3:5-6
Keep the flesh under 1Cor9:27
Abstain from the lust of the flesh 1Peter2:11
Make no provision for the flesh to satisfy its lust Rom13:14.
Flee from dangerous zones II Tim2:22.
“Amputate” members of the body Matt.5:29,Matt. 18:8-9



CONCLUSION: “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affection and lust.” Gal 5:24.